Ghatampur assembly seat is all set for a quadrangular contest among the BJP, SP, Congress and BSP in the upcoming 2017 assembly election. BSP and SP have been alternately winning the seat since 1996. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP candidate from the Akbarpur Lok Sabha constituency, Devendra Singh (Bhole Singh), had secured a lead of 39745 votes over his nearest BSP rival Anil Shukla Warsi in the Ghatampur assembly segment.